Embodiments provide a slanted bump magnetic shield in a perpendicular write head. The slanted bump magnetic shield provides a small throat height to maximize magnetic flux for writing to a magnetic media such as a magnetic storage disk in a hard disk drive, while avoiding saturation.
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1. A magnetic write head for a hard disk drive, comprising:
an air bearing surface (abs);
a magnetic write pole having an end that defines part of the abs;
a first non-magnetic layer disposed on the magnetic write pole and having an end at the abs;
a seed layer disposed on the first non-magnetic layer, wherein the first non-magnetic layer and the seed layer have a combined first thickness;
a second non-magnetic layer disposed on the seed layer, wherein the second non-magnetic layer is recessed from the abs and has a taper defined by an increasing thickness of the second non-magnetic layer from a second thickness at a first distance from the abs, to a third thickness at a second distance from the abs, where the third thickness is greater than the first thickness and the second distance is greater than the first distance; and
a magnetic shield disposed on the seed layer and the second non-magnetic layer.
12. A hard disk drive, comprising:
a magnetic storage disk; and
a magnetic write head for writing data to the disc drive, the magnetic write head comprising:
an air bearing surface (abs), adjacent to and facing the magnetic disk;
a magnetic write pole having an end substantially on the abs;
a first non-magnetic layer disposed on the magnetic write pole and having an end at the abs;
a seed layer disposed on the first non-magnetic layer, wherein the first non-magnetic layer and the seed layer have a first thickness;
a second non-magnetic layer disposed on the seed layer, wherein the second non-magnetic layer is recessed from the abs and has a taper defined by an increasing thickness of the second non-magnetic layer from a second thickness at a first distance from the abs, to a third thickness at a second distance from the abs, where the third thickness is greater than the first thickness and the second distance is greater than the first distance; and
a magnetic shield disposed on the seed layer and the second non-magnetic layer.
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1. Field of the Invention
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to write heads for hard disk drives and in particular to a slanted bump design for magnetic shields of write heads used for perpendicular recording on a magnetic disk.
2. Description of the Related Art
There has been increasing progress in the field of magnetic disk storage system technology in recent years. Such success has made storage systems an important component of modern computers. Some of the most important customer attributes of any storage system are the cost per megabyte, data rate, and access time. In order to obtain the relatively low cost of magnetic disk storage systems compared to solid state memory, the customer must accept the less desirable features of this technology, which include a relatively slow response, high power consumption, noise, and the poorer reliability attributes associated with any mechanical system. On the other hand, magnetic storage systems have always been nonvolatile; i.e., no power is required to preserve the data, an attribute which in semiconductor devices often requires compromises in processing complexity, power-supply requirements, writing data rate, or cost. Improvements in areal density (the amount of information that can be placed within a given area on a disk drive), have been the chief driving force behind the historic improvement in storage cost. In fact, the areal density of magnetic disk storage systems continues to increase. As the magnetic particles that make up recorded data on a magnetic disk become ever smaller, technical difficulties in writing and reading such small bits occur.
Perpendicular recording is one alternative to increase areal densities when compared with longitudinal recording. In recent years, the increased demand for higher data rate and areal density has driven the perpendicular head design to scale toward smaller dimensions and the need for constant exploration of new head designs, materials, and practical fabrication methods. Some of the problems encountered with perpendicular recording are side writing and side erasure, to adjacent tracks on the disk. These problems occur from leakage and fringing of the magnetic flux from the magnetic write head. To minimize these effects, one approach is to provide either a trailing or wrap-around shield on the magnetic write head. These shields allow effective magnetic flux to be provided for writing to the disk, while avoiding leakage and fringing that can lead to the above-described problems. As the areal density of the disks increases, however, the ability of existing shields to achieve the desired results decreases.
The present invention, in a first embodiment, is a magnetic write head for a hard disk drive. The magnetic write head includes: an air bearing surface (ABS); a magnetic write pole having an end that defines part of the ABS; a layer of non-magnetic gap material on the magnetic write pole, the layer of non-magnetic gap material including a taper defined by an increasing thickness of the layer of non-magnetic gap material from a first thickness at a first distance from the ABS, to greater thicknesses in a direction away from the ABS; and a magnetic shield on the layer of non-magnetic gap material.
In a further embodiment, the invention is a hard disk drive having a magnetic storage disk and a magnetic write head for writing data to the disc drive. The magnetic write head includes an air bearing surface (ABS), adjacent to and facing the magnetic disk, a magnetic write pole having an end substantially on the ABS, a layer of non-magnetic gap material on the magnetic write pole, the layer of non-magnetic gap material including a taper defined by an increasing thickness of the layer of non-magnetic gap material from a first thickness at a first distance from the ABS, to greater thicknesses in a direction away from the ABS; and a magnetic shield on the layer of non-magnetic gap material.
In another embodiment the invention is a method of forming a magnetic write head. The method includes providing a substrate, wherein the substrate has a first layer of magnetic material for forming a magnetic pole of the write head, and a second layer of non-magnetic material on the first layer. A third layer of non-magnetic gap material is then deposited on the second layer, followed by depositing a layer of photoresist on the third layer. A first etch process is conducted on the third layer using the layer of photoresist as a mask. A second etch process is conducted on the third layer and the first and second etch processes form a taper in the third layer, such that the layer of non-magnetic gap material increases in thickness at a first distance from the ABS, in a direction away from the ABS. A fourth layer of magnetic material is deposited on the third layer to form a magnetic shield of the write head.
So that the manner in which the above recited features of the present invention can be understood in detail, a more particular description of the invention, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to embodiments, some of which are illustrated in the appended drawings. It is to be noted, however, that the appended drawings illustrate only typical embodiments of this invention and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, for the invention may admit to other equally effective embodiments.
In the following, reference is made to embodiments of the invention. However, it should be understood that the invention is not limited to specific described embodiments. Instead, any combination of the following features and elements, whether related to different embodiments or not, is contemplated to implement and practice the invention. Furthermore, in various embodiments the invention provides numerous advantages over the prior art. However, although embodiments of the invention may achieve advantages over other possible solutions and/or over the prior art, whether or not a particular advantage is achieved by a given embodiment is not limiting of the invention. Thus, the following aspects, features, embodiments and advantages are merely illustrative and, unless explicitly present, are not considered elements or limitations of the appended claims.
Embodiments of the present invention are related to reducing magnetic flux leakage and fringing and the problems caused thereby, in magnetic write heads for hard disk drives. While embodiments of the invention are particularly suitable for use in magnetic disk hard drives, this use should not be considered limiting as the magnetic write head of the invention could be used to write to any type of magnetic media where magnetic leakage and fringing is an issue. The advent of perpendicular magnetic recording, (PMR), while providing significantly higher storage density than longitudinal recording, has introduced its own set of challenges. One of these challenges is the need to suppress stray fields from the perpendicular write pole, due to the high writing current required in perpendicular recording. One method of suppressing stray magnetic fields, is through the use of magnetic shields at the trailing end of the read/write head. The shield is separated from the write pole by a shield gap formed of non-magnetic material. The shield gap has a portion of reduced thickness adjacent the ABS and forms a shield gap throat. In the region of the shield gap throat the distance between the magnetic shield and the write pole is reduced. The height of the shield gap throat, from the ABS to the point where the gap starts to increase in thickness is known as the throat height. For high area density PMR, the shield throat height must be relatively small. However, the small throat height tends to cause saturation. Embodiments of the present invention provide a slanted bump magnetic shield. The slanted bump is formed by a taper in the gap material and provides a relatively small throat height, while avoiding saturation.
Two common types of magnetic shields for perpendicular write head poles are the trailing shield and the wrap-around shield. A trailing shield is predominantly located on the trailing end of the read/write head, while wrap-around shields provide additional shielding by wrapping around the write pole and covering the sides of the write pole as well as the trailing end. The wrap-around shield is the most efficient type of shield for stray field suppression. Both types of shields benefit from the slanted bump of the invention.
In some embodiments, the magnetic read head 211 is a magnetoresistive (MR) read head that includes an MR sensing element 230 located between MR shields S1 and S2. The RL 204 is illustrated with perpendicularly recorded or magnetized regions, with adjacent regions having opposite magnetization directions, as represented by the arrows located in the RL 204. The magnetic transitions between adjacent oppositely-directed magnetized regions are detectable by the MR sensing element 230 as the recorded bits.
The write head 210 includes a yoke made up of a main pole 212, a flux return pole 214, and a yoke 216 connecting the main pole 212 and the flux return pole 214. Write head 210 also includes a thin film coil 218 shown in section embedded in non-magnetic material 219 and wrapped around yoke 216. A write pole 220 is magnetically connected to the main pole 212 and has an end 226 that defines part of the ABS of the magnetic write head 210 facing the outer surface of disk 202. In some embodiments, write pole 220 is a flared write pole and includes a flared portion 222 and a pole tip 224 that includes end 226 on the ABS. In flared write pole embodiments, the thickness of the write pole 220 (into and out of the page in
Near the ABS, the nonmagnetic gap layer 256 has a reduced thickness and forms a shield gap throat 258. The throat gap width is generally defined as the distance between the WP 220 and the magnetic shield 250 at the ABS. The shield 250 is formed of magnetically permeable material (such as Ni, Co and Fe alloys) and gap layer 256 is formed of nonmagnetic material (such as Ta, TaO, SiC or Al2O3). A taper 260 in the gap material provides a gradual transition from the gap width at the ABS to a maximum gap width above the taper 260. This gradual transition in width, forms a slanted bump in the magnetic shield 250 that allows for greater magnetic flux density from the write pole 220, while avoiding saturation. It should be understood that the taper 260 may extend either more or less than is shown in
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Chamber pressure range
1 to 10
mTorr
ICP power range
200 to 800
W
RF power range
200 to 500
W
Gas flow range (CHF3)
15 to 50
sccm
Gas flow range (CF4)
15 to 50
sccm
Gas flow range (Ar)
10 to 30
sccm
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While the foregoing is directed to embodiments of the present invention, other and further embodiments of the invention may be devised without departing from the basic scope thereof, and the scope thereof is determined by the claims that follow.
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